Bhubaneswar: The Special Judge, Vigilance, Berhampur on Monday sentenced a former Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO)-cum-Village Level Worker (VLW) to a two-year rigorous imprisonment for showing undue official favour to an ingenuine beneficiary.
The accused former PEO-cum-VLW has been identified as Madan Mohan Muduli, the ex-PEO-cum-VLW of Bhanjanagar Block in Ganjam district, now he is retired.
Muduli was charge sheeted by Odisha Vigilance U/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(c)(d) PC Act,1988/406/420/120-B IPC, for showing undue official favour to an ingenuine beneficiary in getting an IAY house, and thereby causing loss to the Government.
Apart from sentencing him to a two year rigorous imprisonment, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Madan Mohan Muduli.
Officials said that the Odisha Vigilance will now move the competent authority to stop his pension following his conviction. Detailed report follows.
Renubala Tripathy, Inspector, Vigilance, Berhampur Division, A/pDSP, Vigilance, Bhubaneswar Division had investigated the case and Surendra Panda, Spl. P.P, Vigilance, Berhampur conducted the case on behalf of the prosecution.
Earlier on January 17, Prasanta Kumar Rout, OAS-I, former Sub-Collector, Nabarangpur (Prematurely Retired), who was nabbed with cash over Rs 3.02 crore during DA searches carried out by Odisha Vigilance in June, 2023 was convicted in an earlier case of bribery when Rout was working as Bisra BDO in Sundargarh district.
The case relates to Sambalpur Vigilance PS Case No.65 dt.05.11.2018 U/s 7 PC (Amendment) Act,2018, in which Rout was arrested for demanding and taking bribe of Rs 1,00,000 from a complainant for giving administrative approval along with technical sanction of plan and estimate of 4 numbers of projects sanctioned under 4th SFC and 14th CFC.
Following his arrest in the DA Case in 2023, his earlier trap case was taken up on expeditious trial and was closely monitored by Odisha Vigilance. Today Rout was convicted in the case by Special Judge, Vigilance, Sundargarh and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 4 years and to pay fine of Rs 50,000.
Further, the convict Prasanta Kumar Rout, the former Sub-Collector of Nabarangpur was sent to jail custody to serve his sentence.
